Photos of the Day 04/11

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A Bodo tribal woman holds an umbrella to shield herself from the sun as she rushes to cast her vote. Others stand in a queue outside a polling center in Jogeshpur village along the Indo-Bhutan border, about 74 miles west of Gauhati, India. Assam state votes Monday during the second and final phase of the state legislature elections in 64 of the 126 constituencies. Anupam Nath/AP

A demonstrator wears a niqab during a protest outside the French Embassy in London. France's ban on full face veils, a first in Europe, went into force today, exposing anyone who wears the Muslim niqab or burqa in public to fines of 150 euros ($216) and lessons in French citizenship. Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

A member of Iran's women's national soccer team kicks the ball during a practice in Tehran. The team, which hopes to qualify for the 2012 OIympics, was founded in 2005 and plays their matches at the women's only Azadiye Stadium. Caren Firouz/Reuters

The Boeoegg, a snowman made of wadding and filled with firecrackers, explodes atop a bonfire in Sechselaeuten Square in Zurich,Switzerland. As the bells of St. Peter's church chime six o'clock, the bonfire below the 'Boeoegg' is set alight and mounted guildsmen gallop around the pyre to the tune of the Sechselaeuten March. The faster the head of the 'Boeoegg' – the symbol of winter – catches fire and explodes, the warmer and more beautiful the summer will be. Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

An officer inspects an honor guard before the arrival of Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff in Beijing. Rousseff is on a five-day visit to China, during which she will push for a series of trade and investment deals. David Gray/Reuters

Boys hold trays of homemade candies to sell as they scout for customers at a public beach in Boca Chica, Dominican Republic. An estimated 158 million children between the ages of 5-14 are engaged in child labor, where 1 in 6 children in the world are forced to work, according to UNICEF. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

A farmer and horse breaker makes a horse lie down during routine practice on his farm in the outskirts of Havana. Desmond Boylan/Reuters

Luna Lutz visits a tree with 9,800 Easter eggs in the garden of pensioner couple Christa and Volker Kraft in Saalfeld, Germany. The Kraft family have decorated their tree for Easter for more than 40 years. Jens Meyer/AP

Indian Sikh pilgrims wave to onlookers after arriving at the Wagah border in Pakistan to attend the Baisakhi festival. Hundreds of Sikh pilgrims arrived in Pakistan to celebrate the festival at the shrines of Panja Sahib and Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of Sikh faith founder Guru Nanak Dev. Baisakhi is the beginning of the solar year in the Indian state of Punjab. Mohsin Raza/Reuters

A statue of Thomas Watson, former Georgia politician who in early years fought for poor farmers and the working class, stands behind the Rev. Glenna Shepherd, minister of the Decatur United Chirch of Christ, as she speaks during a rally against a proposed Arizona-style immigration bill outside the State Capitol in Atlanta. Activist groups delivered a petition Monday to Gov. Nathan Deal that they say has more than 23,000 signatures to urge him to veto the bill that aims to crack down on illegal immigration. David Goldman/AP

Members of the public wait for Prince William and his future wife, Kate Middleton, to officially open the Darwen Aldridge Community Academy, in Darwen, England. Prince William and Kate Middleton will marry on April 29. Jon Super/AP

A man cycles under cherry blossoms on a warm and sunny day in downtown Frankfurt, Germany. Michael Probst/AP

A boy learns to swim with his mother in a Bajo tribal village in the Konawe district of southeast Sulawesi Province. Yusuf Ahmad/Reuters

With a backdrop of carp streamers to wish children healthy growth, participants join a charity concert to raise funds for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Tokyo, a month after the disaster struck northeast Japan. Shuji Kajiyama/AP

A Pashtun girl looks out from the doorway to her family dwelling in Peshawar. Fayaz Aziz/Reuters

Steven Canner of Reston Va., soaks up some warm rays in the green grass during his lunch break in McPherson Square in Washington as temperatures climbed into the 80s. Carolyn Kaster/AP